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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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15 December 1832		7,694/8,996	85.53
William Gore Langton	Whig	4,249	55.22
William Papwell Brigstocke	Whig	4,003	52.03
William Miles	Tory	3,603	46.83
Majority		400	5.20

29 December 1833 Death of William Brigstocke.

3 February 1834
William Miles	Tory	Unopposed

12 January 1835		9,107
William Gore Langton	Whig	Unopposed
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 July 1837		9,561
William Gore Langton	Whig	Unopposed
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1841		9,759
William Gore Langton	Whig	Unopposed
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 March 1847 Death of William Langton.

10 April 1847
William Pinney	Whig	Unopposed

10 August 1847		9,655
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Pinney	Whig	Unopposed

22 July 1852		7,460/10,140	73.57
William Miles	Conservative Party	4,643	62.24
William Francis Knatchbull	Conservative Party	4,309	57.76
Arthur Hallam Elton	Whig	2,984	40.00
Majority		1,325	17.76

3 April 1857		10,592
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Francis Knatchbull	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 May 1859		10,644
Sir William Miles, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Francis Knatchbull	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 July 1865		11,867
Ralph Neville Grenville	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Richard Horner Paget	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
19 November 1868		6,548/8,795	74.45
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen	Conservative Party	3,887	59.36
Richard Bright	Conservative Party	3,848	58.77
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	2,704	41.30
William Pinney	Liberal Party	2,656	40.56
Majority		1,144	17.47

7 February 1874		8,435
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Richard Bright	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 February 1878 Death of Richard Bright.

20 March 1878
Philip John William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 March 1879 Resignation of Ralph Allen. (Northstead)

19 March 1879
Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, Baron Brooke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 April 1880		8,360
Sir Philip John William Miles, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, Baron Brooke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 November 1885		8,012/9,314	86.02
Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Party	4,732	59.06
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt	Conservative Party	3,280	40.94
Majority		1,452	18.12

5 July 1886		9,314
Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

16 July 1892		7,905/9,208	85.85
Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Unionist Party	4,330	54.78
Charles Morley	Liberal Party	3,575	45.22
Majority		755	9.55

20 July 1895		7,742/9,065	85.41
Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Unionist Party	4,408	56.94
John Castleman Swinburne-Hanham	Liberal Party	3,334	43.06
Majority		1,074	13.87

6 October 1900		9,047
Henry Hobhouse	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

26 January 1906		8,443/9,717	86.89
John William Howard Thompson	Liberal Party	4,553	53.93
Bertram Godfrey Falle	Liberal Unionist Party	3,890	46.07
Majority		663	7.85

19 January 1910		8,967/9,791	91.58
Ernest Jardine	Liberal Unionist Party	4,997	55.73
John William Howard Thompson	Liberal Party	3,970	44.27
Majority		1,027	11.45

9 December 1910		8,623/9,791	88.07
Ernest Jardine	Liberal Unionist Party	4,748	55.06
John William Howard Thompson	Liberal Party	3,875	44.94
Majority		873	10.12